Tactical Iraqi Language & Culture
System wins Technology Council's Product of the Year
February 2008
The Technology Council of Southern California presented our Tactical
Iraqi Language & Culture Training
System with the Product
of the Year award. The organization's annual Technology
Industry Awards honors individuals and companies that
play a significant role in advancing Southern California
as a center for technological innovation over the past year.
Founded
in 1991 as the Software Council of Southern California,
the Technology Council has a 16-year history of supporting
the success of technology companies by providing recognition
of leadership and a broad range of events, connections,
information and resources.
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Iraqi Language & Culture Training System
Tactical Iraqi
wins Best Serious Game at I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge
December 2007
Our Tactical Iraqi Language & Culture Training System won
the Best
Serious Game award at the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge hosted
by the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education
Conference (I/ITSEC).
The
conference — now in its 41st year — promotes
cooperation among the Armed Services, industry, academia
and various government agencies in pursuit of improved training
and education programs, and identification of common training
issues.
The conference's annual Serious Games Showcase and Challenge
seeks innovative game-based technologies and solutions that
improve training for individuals, groups and systems. The
competition considers that a "game" involves an assigned
challenge and employs positive and/or negative reward system.
A "serious game" overcomes a designated problem or deficiency,
and provides appropriate feedback to users about their efforts.
Entries were judged for their solution to a stated problem,
technical quality, and playability/usability. The judges
looked for clear definition of the addressed problem or
need; the gaming or game technology solution involved; technological
soundness in development, delivery and user interface; and
the user's experience regarding engagement, enjoyment, ease
of use, challenge and reward.
» Serious
Games Showcase & Challenge
» Tactical
Language Training LLC
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Cherokee course
a big hit at National Indian Education Association convention
November 2007
The
pilot version of the Rez World course to teach Cherokee
was a big hit at the 2007 National Indian Education Association convention
in October 2007. Over a hundred people crowded into a small
room to see a demonstration by Don and Kara Thornton, principals
of Thornton Media Inc., producers of the course using Alelo
Technology.
Since 1996, Thornton Media has been creating custom hi-tech
language tools for tribal governments and schools with the
goal of helping put the beautiful sounds of Native American
languages where they belong in the homes of tribal members.
Tribal language revitalization is more important now than
ever. More than 90% of tribal languages will be gone within
20 years if effective measures are not taken. Thornton Media
is the only company devoted to Native American languages,
having provided language and culture revitalization tools
to over 90 tribes and Indian organizations.
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Media Inc.
» National Indian Education
Association
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